千慮一失

せんりょいっしつ せんりょのいっしつ

mere slip by someone who is usually very careful, simple mistake by a wise person, point overlooked by a cautious person

千慮一得

せんりょいっとく せんりょのいっとく

Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea

知者も千慮に一失

ちしゃもせんりょにいっしつ

Even Homer sometimes nods

千慮

せんりょ

much thought

一千

いっせん いちせん

1,000, one thousand

愚者も千慮に一得

ぐしゃもせんりょにいっとく

Even fools can give good counsel.

一失

いっしつ いちしつ

disadvantage (defect, error)

失敬千万

しっけいせんばん

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

失礼千万

しつれいせんばん

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

一徹短慮

いってつたんりょ

stubborn and short-tempered

百慮一得

ひゃくりょいっとく

Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel

一得一失

いっとくいっしつ

gaining some and losing some, (something having its) advantages and disadvantages

千一夜

せんいちや

Thousand and One Nights

一騎当千の兵

いっきとうせんのつわもの

great warrior

一諾千金

いちだくせんきん

one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold, a promise should be kept at all cost

一刻千金

いっこくせんきん

every moment is precious, time is money, precious time

千載一遇

せんざいいちぐう

once in a lifetime (opportunity), (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

一字千金

いちじせんきん

word of great value

一日千秋

いちじつせんしゅう いちにちせんしゅう

(waiting) impatiently, (spending) many a weary day, each moment seeming like an eternity